Police: Downtown safe despite assault; uptick in violent crime

8:47 PM,
Jul. 22, 2013

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A 21-year-old woman was beaten unconscious a block from Fountain Square on a bustling Friday night, but police and Downtown advocates say what happened was an anomaly and people shouldn't be afraid to visit.

"Downtown is very safe," said acting Cincinnati Police Chief Paul Humphries. "We would love for no incidents to ever occur, but that is not realistic."

Tricia Suit, director of marking for Downtown Cincinnati Inc., an organization dedicated to building a dynamic metropolitan center, added: "While it's upsetting and certainly shocking to have it happen, I don't think it means ...